| 5,561,314 |
31.2878 |
34.2369 |
Egypt |
|
A soldier is killed during an exchange of gunfire with a group of smugglers near the border with Israel. |
| 5,561,320 |
31.1981 |
29.9192 |
Egypt |
|
According to HRW 23 were killed and 79 injured following Christmas Eve Mass in a Coptic Church when a suicide car bomb explodes outside while people were exiting. The bomb was detonated twenty minutes after midnight. An al Qaeda subsidiary later claimed responsibility. Conflicting report: Africa Research Bulletin reports the number of dead at 21 with 80 injured. |
| 5,561,324 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Coptic Christians protest the New Year's Eve bombing of a Church. |
| 5,561,329 |
31.1981 |
29.9192 |
Egypt |
|
Coptic Christians, upset following a New Year's Eve Mass bombing protest outside the targeted Church, denouncing public officials and puling one minister, a Muslim cleric with stones as he passed by. Police officers suffered light wounds when the rioters again threw stones at them. Many motorists' cars were also hit with stones. |
| 5,561,334 |
31.1981 |
29.9192 |
Egypt |
|
Coptic Christians, upset following a New Year's Eve Mass bombing protest outside the targeted Church, denouncing public officials and puling one minister, a Muslim cleric with stones as he passed by. Police officers suffered light wounds when the rioters again threw stones at them. Many motorists' cars were also hit with stones. |
| 5,561,339 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Protesting Coptic Christians throw stones at police when they come disperse them. |
| 5,561,344 |
30.08505 |
31.23867 |
Egypt |
|
Coptics clash with police when they protest a church bombing. |
| 5,561,349 |
27.18096 |
31.18368 |
Egypt |
|
Coptic Christians protest a church bombing in Alexandria. Asyut is a city with a large Christian population. Some of the protesters threw rocks at the police, but no clashes followed. |
| 5,561,352 |
28.10988 |
30.7503 |
Egypt |
|
Policed find a crude explosive at the bottom of a church staircase. It is disarmed before it is able to detonate. |
| 5,561,357 |
30.05 |
31.25 |
Egypt |
|
Following the shooting of a Christian by a police officer a group of 500 Coptics gather on "Egypt's main highway" and begin throwing stones at cars in protest. |
